Peter Boylan

Honolulu

Staff Writer at Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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Articles

East-West Center funding is at risk

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

The East-West Center is bracing for impact from potential elimination of federal government support under President Donald Trump’s plan to cut the State Department’s funding by half next fiscal year. According to an internal memo first reported by The New York Times, the State Department will request a $28.4 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 — $26 billion less than what was on the books for fiscal year 2025.
Waianae gang leader apologizes before 14-year sentence

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Peter Boylan

The 47-year-old leader of that marketed methamphetamine, organized cockfights and kept a firing range on a 10-acre property will spend 14 years in federal prison. Edward Caspino was sentenced Friday by Senior U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 168 months followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine and operating an illegal gambling business.
Gang leader apologizes before 14-year sentence

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Peter Boylan

The 47-year-old leader of that marketed methamphetamine, organized cockfights and kept a firing range on a 10-acre property will spend 14 years in federal prison. Edward Caspino was sentenced Friday by Senior U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 168 months followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine and operating an illegal gambling business.
Gang leader apologizes before 14-year sentence

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

The 47-year-old leader of a Waianae gang that marketed methamphetamine, organized cockfights and kept a firing range on a 10-acre property will spend 14 years in federal prison. Edward Caspino was sentenced Friday by Senior U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 168 months followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine and operating an illegal gambling business.
Registered sex offender faces federal charges

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Peter Boylan

COURTESY PHOTO Joshua Kapunahele Willing COURTESY PHOTO Joshua Kapunahele Willing A 45-year-old registered sex offender was ordered held without bail Thursday after he allegedly admitted to collecting child pornography because of “an addiction ” he has to feed to avoid abusing children.
Registered sex offender faces federal charges

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

A 45-year-old registered sex offender was ordered held without bail Thursday after he allegedly admitted to collecting child pornography because of “an addiction” he has to feed to avoid abusing children. Joshua Kapunahele Willing pleaded guilty to three state counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of third-degree sexual assault in 2018 after he confessed to sexually assaulting a girl for four years starting when she was 7 years old.
Over 2,200 are licensed to carry concealed guns in Hawaii

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Peter Boylan

In the first-ever look at the number of people licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Hawaii, the state Department of the Attorney General announced Wednesday that 2, 207 people can pack in public, about 0.2 % of the state’s resident population age 20 or older. On Oahu, 1, 356 people are licensed to carry handguns in public, compared with 425 on Hawaii island, 183 on Maui and 243 on Kauai as of Dec. 31. A license to carry concealed handguns in Hawaii is valid for four years and the rules.
Pearl City woman charged with repeatedly posting threats to Biden, Trump

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Peter Boylan

A Pearl City woman is facing federal criminal charges after allegedly posting more than 200 social media threats to kill the president of the United States as a way to draw attention to being a victim of human trafficking. Rebecca Ann Folley, 48, aka “Becca Waters ” was charged by federal criminal complaint April 2 with one count of making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, and one count of making illegal interstate communications.
Over 2,200 are licensed to carry concealed guns in Hawaii

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

In the first-ever look at the number of people licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Hawaii, the state Department of the Attorney General announced Wednesday that 2,207 people can pack in public, about 0.2% of the state’s resident population age 20 or older. On Oahu, 1,356 people are licensed to carry handguns in public, compared with 425 on Hawaii island, 183 on Maui and 243 on Kauai as of Dec. 31.
Woman charged with repeatedly posting threats to Biden, Trump

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

A Pearl City woman is facing federal criminal charges after allegedly posting more than 200 social media threats to kill the president of the United States as a way to draw attention to being a victim of human trafficking. Rebecca Ann Folley, 48, aka “Becca Waters” was charged by federal criminal complaint April 2 with one count of making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, and one count of making illegal interstate communications.